GLOW S3 Review: Whiteness First I Suppose

I’ve had my shit with GLOW. I couldn’t condone the casual or overt racism in the first season, the way-too-casual anti-Blackness, and the hyper focus on this annoying ass, discount Wynona Ryder main character. Over season 2, I found that the writers finally decided to shed more light onto their POC cast members, fleshing them out so they felt like actual characters and not handy punch-lines. The third season starts off with the GLOW gang in Las Vegas; everyone is practicing the same show over and over again. Ruth is holding on to a long-distance relationship with what’s-his-face Russell, while struggling to hone her craft as an actress. Debbie steps more into her role as a producer while juggling being a mother and the crushing pressures of body image that are imposed on women. Cherry and Keith are feeling out when the best time to have a baby is. Meanwhile, Rhonda and her new spouse, Bash, are figuring out what marriage will look like for them. What happens now? A prevailing theme throughout this season is uncertainty. Many of the characters face dilemmas about their careers, relationships, and more in-depth crises of who they want to be and how they will get there. This season follows the lens of Ruth and Debbie primarily, which is a shame because so many of the other characters have such compelling points during the season. There is this scene where Arthie is describing being frozen right after a hate crime is committed outside an event to raise money for AIDS; the event i…